thundercleetz

Didn't Marcus Vick get a 2?

Exactly and our government would probably give us a similar response on Syria trying to hide their true intentions:

Haha I like your blind squirrel analogy. Regardless I provided two other articles stating the same thing from completely different source types. Anyways all I'm saying is I have not seen ANY logical or argument of substance FOR going into Syria. I don't even think the government itself could explain why they want to go into Syria without exposing their less than reputable intentions.

I thought this was pretty cool: http://m.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/news-wire/2014/04/11/7-fun-facts-about-president-barack-obamas-tax.html

Since this is the pot topic: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/11/ohio-high-school-athlete-sues-over-suspension-for-pro-marijuana-retweet/ Seems like the school district picked on the wrong student.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/04/07/syri-a07.html http://m.democracynow.org/stories/14292 Think it's safe to say doubt at the very least is there on our initial intelligence, much less our politicians own motivations. Haha I didn't take you for an Alex Jones kind of guy, DC. How about the NSA though? Call Alex Jones a looney all you want, but he he was right about some very important issues way before anyone else even suspected. Sure you can claim he fabricates stories, our own politicians have flat out lied to us about much worse. So why would you believe them on this issue, especially after Iraq? Either way I don't want to turn this into an Alex Jones argument. Bottom line we went into Iraq with a similar claim of "intelligence" and how has that worked out? How someone can support evening a fight when the sides aren't even clear is putting your hand into a shark tank. And anyone who claims any sort of humanitarianism, I can show you a few hundred thousand dead native Africans of Darfur since 2003. http://asbarez.com/121807/young-kessab-armenian-killed-by-rebels/ http://asbarez.com/121795/angry-ankara-calls-senate-panel-%E2%80%98inept%E2%80%99/ I'm thinking our intelligence in Syria is being fabricated by a Eurasian ally...

I was never a fan of SNL (outside of some old Chris Farley best of) but I watched a recent episode guest hosted by Drake and Drake killed it.

http://www.infowars.com/turkey-behind-sarin-attack-in-syria/ Of course consider the source, but just one more thing that shows no one has any idea what's going on over there and we need to stay out. http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/04/07/the-less-americans-know-about-ukraines-location-the-more-they-want-u-s-to-intervene/ No wonder Congress is so quick to support American intervention, look at the population who elects them.

Tillman stepped up big time today. The guy is a horse. 120 pitches is nothing to him.

Absolutely agree. I think a lot of problems stem from this. Definitely not how the founding fathers envisioned our politicians.

Good post Max. I admire your passion for the topic. You're a better man than I am because I am definitely not willing to make that same type of sacrifice. Ultimately politicians are so balls deep in corporate lobbying of oil and farming corporations, as well as international political relationships, that nothing more than a half assed effort will be given until we are actually in that eleventh hour. In the meantime I'll be as consciously aware as I can, but as an individual I don't see the point in making any significant investment when there could very well be a technological innovation or a political decision that will just put whatever sacrifice I made to waste. It's really pathetic the current system we have. The country is endowed with an insane amount of natural resources such as wind and farm fields for vegetable oil, we could absolutely be self sufficient, or at least close to it. In the meantime we just have to hope for technological innovation or some sort of major change in our lobbying system and our country's involvement in international politics. Or hopefully I'll just be long and gone before any of these environmental disasters go down.

Low risk high reward. He'd have to make the team so if he's in good shape why not?

Great move if he's healthy!

I agree with you guys. The more and more I look at this draft the more I think we'll trade down unless Ebron drops. I like the idea of getting more picks and targeting Pryor later in the first round.

This year there's actually a legitimate excuse. The Red Sox visited the White House yesterday for their World Series championship.

% of GDP it's less than a percent so you're right. But I'd argue $12B is $12B. That could pay for the the new Health Care infrastructure over and over and over again. Heck even put that &12B toward cancer research. It's hardly a small amount of money to dismiss. Edit: try closer to $37B in aid this past year.

Absolutely agree. Cutting wars and foreign aid is a great place to start. Practically speaking, our politicians are so balls deep in coporate interests that make money on war I don't see this happening.

I believe global warming is true. I really shouldn't even have to state that since the evidence is so overwhelmingly in favor of it, we take for granted other things on a lot less. The question is simply: how much are you willing to personally sacrifice yourself to fix this problem. We are cash strapped as a country so any of these changes are going to come down directly on the consumers. Are you willing to pay $10/gallon for gas? Pay $30K for a new car? I'm not. Personally, I'm really hoping for a technological innovation. Whether that comes in energy or someone coming up with a scrubber for the atmosphere. On the flip side, there is a Nobel Prize waiting to be won for whoever can significantly implement environmental change without the cost coming down on consumers.

Fair point on the website. Website itself is not credible, but it was more so the content I was getting at showing my concerns from months earlier. I still think you play a dangerous game when you try and play god and balance a fight. Balancing the rebels against the Syrian government may expose and make vulnerable, for example, Christian minorities in Syria that normally would not have been. Syria may have chemical weapons and air strike ability, but Assad didn't target and kill anyone based upon their religion or ethnicity. I am not defending Assad at all, but Al-Qeda is proven to hide behind women and children. Really, how is this any different than the types of attacks the US has conducted against the Taliban? We have killed women and children as a result of targeting the Taliban. Air strike, tactical missiles, chemical weapons, the end result is death and it is all just as equally wrong. Not all Syrian rebels are Al-Qeda, but Al-Qeda has proven to be a very influential and intimidating minority that more than has the ability to control a majority. Additionally they cannot be negotiated or engaged in diplomacy. Yes, you are right, no one is 100% sure what is happening on the ground or who is doing what. My point is that is exactly why we shouldn't get involved even if we are trying to balance a fight. By your logic, we don't even know what we are balancing! Call me skeptical but my race was nearly wiped out 100 years ago for a mass murder that was never brought to justice and this tyrant Erdogan vehemently denies. The same guy who shutdown the internet days before a suspicious audio leak and an even more suspicious terrorist boarder crossing. Circumstantial, yes but Turkey is what our country considers a model democracy in the Middle East. Bottom line, we do not now nearly enough to even think about entering into this fray to balance the attack. This situation poses no threat to our national security and we should stay away. Why am I even bringing this up? I just happened to get a response a couple of weeks ago from our wonderful senator Mikulski blindly reaffirming her support for involvement in Syria.

What's not to trust? There are much more links with actual gruesome video evidence. I'll save you the details. http://www.armenianweekly.com/2014/03/29/chairman-menendez-congressional-armenian-caucus-co-chairs-members-of-congress-condemn-kessab-attacks/ http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/27/world/europe/turkey-youtube-blocked/ The Turkey reports are definitely circumstantial and second and third hand, possibly. However the attacks are not. Similar attacks were enough for the US to consider intervening and all I'm saying is it was completely asinine we were considering stepping in and choosing a side here.

I listened on WBAL! Hunter had me sweating bullets but we won!

Ray Rice played at a higher weight last season in order to be a more complete back. Harbaugh told Rice to stick to what he does best and get back to a lower weight to get his quickness back. Apparently Rice is back to his old weight and is completely shredded. I do not buy Rice is worn down for a second. If he doesn't rebound next year it will be due to teams learned how to figure him out (something the Steelers have done traditionally well). Don't sleep on Steve Smith. We aren't asking him to be a #1. He will be a complimentary guy. Marlon Brown will be a year more experience, stronger, smarter, and off of a ACL surgery. He will be significantly improved. Jacoby Jones is back, and I am sure we will draft a guy early. WR will be upgraded simply because we will have more depth and a better offensive system.

We have two third round picks use one to draft Terrance West from Towson and call it a day.

When comparing old stadiums versus new ones, I think location plays a huge part. Newer stadiums are located in prime downtown locations, whereas older ones were in the suburbs or outskirts of downtown. Taking into account astronomically greater real estate and construction costs, there is much greater incentive to renovate a current stadium in a prime location then build a new one. Look at college stadiums as a reference: colleges will keep fixing and renovating a current stadium on campus simply because there is no more room on campus and the college cannot afford to build a new one. Many college stadiums are well over fifty years old and support over 70K six times a year. I also think newer stadiums will last longer than older ones because older ones did not have a foot print for suites. Many old NFL stadiums were bowls, they simply couldn't be renovated. M&T has a good footprint with plenty of suites. Additionally the dome phase was a disaster. They aged horribly, started to collapse, and lots of them were terrible for a city sky line. I am so glad we do not have a dome. Might have made the city more money but they are ugly. I went to school in New Orleans and the Superdome is hideous. And that's after they poured hundreds of millions in renovations. There is a reason why most of the domes built in the 70s/80s are already replaced. The retractable roof has been a great innovation.

I'm willing to give RR one more season. Reports say he played at too high of a weight last year and he's already down to a lean weight. Cutting him now will be selling low and taking an unnecessary cap hit. If he has a bad year next year simply cut him with a post-June 1 designation. Either way, I agree with papa, he probably has two more years with us max. You simply cannot allocate that much money toward an RB in this day's cap.